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NVIDIA Quadro GV100 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000: Comparison
NVIDIA Quadro GV100 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 separate most on memory bus width: NVIDIA Quadro GV100 at 4096 bit, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000 at 384 bit, 91% in favour of NVIDIA Quadro GV100. VRAM splits them by another 33%, this time favouring NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000. They match on 5 other specifications, including gpu brand, tier and card length.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Series | Quadro GV (Volta) | RTX Ampere Generation |
| Board Partner | PNY / NVIDIA Reference | NVIDIA Reference (workstation, no AIB partners) |
| VRAM | 32 GB-33% | 48 GB |
| Tier | Flagship | Flagship |
| Memory Type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock | 1627 MHz-10% | 1800 MHz |
| Ray Tracing Support | false | true |
| TDP | 250 W | 300 W-20% |
| Architecture | Volta | Ampere |
| Card Length | 267 mm | 267 mm |
| Slot Width | 2 | 2 |
| Memory Bus Width | 4096 bit | 384 bit-91% |
| Power Connector | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| CUDA Cores | 5120 | 10752 |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Display Outputs | 4x DisplayPort 1.4 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Verdict
NVIDIA Quadro GV100
6.2 / 10 Expert Rating
A memory-bandwidth specialist for scientific and simulation workloads; overkill and overpriced for anything else, including gaming or general rendering.
NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
7.9 / 10 Expert Rating
Still a genuinely useful 48GB workstation card on the secondhand market, even four years after launch - just expect a real gap versus current RTX PRO Blackwell cards in ray tracing and AI performance.